Law Offices of Manuel Rodriguez

What they litigate

Disputed issues across the decisions this firm is named in. Every row opens the decisions it counts.

• AOE/COE1
• Jurisdiction / venue1
• Permanent disability rating1
• Penalties under Labor Code §58141

Where they appear

• San Diego 6

How the appealed decisions came out

These are decisions that were appealed and published — the tail of a system that mostly settles. Most claims end in a compromise and release or a stipulation and never reach a panel, so nothing below describes how this firm does its work. It describes how a set of appealed disputes came out.

• 4 for the applicant
• 1 for the defense
• 1 returned for more record

Counted over 6 appealed decisions. Not this firm’s book of work.

Decisions

Newest decisions this firm is named in, each with the passage the panel turned on and a link to the official PDF.

• ADJ11502257 · 2026-01-22 · San Diego District OfficeJurisdiction / venueremanded

  Determinative passage · p.6Here, defendant Hansink was not provided with adequate notice of trial or of subsequent orders. He was noticed for the October 18, 2022 trial date, but no trial took place on that date. Instead, on September 26, 2022, the trial date was reset. The record contains no proof of service demonstrating that Hansink was provided notice for the January 3, 2023 trial date, as required. In addition, the WCJ did not create a record demonstrating that Hansink was served with notice; she assumed it.

  The WCJ failed to provide adequate notice to defendant Hansink and did not make adequate findings on insurance coverage and licensure, which are critical to determining liability among defendants.

  Official decision · page 6 →
• ADJ11525409 · 2024-04-19 · San Diego District OfficeAOE/COEapplicant prevailed

  Determinative passage · p.1The WCJ found, in pertinent part, that applicant sustained industrial injury on August 18, 2017, and that the injury was presumed industrial pursuant to Labor Code1 section 5402(b). The WCJ further sustained applicant's objection to the QME's reporting and excluded it from coming into evidence.

  The presumption of compensability was affirmed because the defendant failed to rebut it with timely evidence, and the QME reports were excluded from evidence due to procedural issues.

  Official decision · page 1 →
• ADJ11244503 · 2024-04-08 · San Diego District OfficePermanent disability ratingapplicant prevailed

  Determinative passage · p.4However, if the Board finds the Petition cites grounds upon which the decision can be appealed, including the incorporation of Labor Code Section 5952(c), this WCJ maintains that the Petition for Reconsideration should be denied as petitioner has failed to establish that the Findings and Award was not justified or it was unreasonable. Furthermore, this WCJ finds that the reporting of Dr. Jeffrey Bernicker rose to the level of substantial medical evidence such that any determination based on these reports are valid findings.

  The WCJ found Dr. Bernicker's medical opinion to be substantial evidence and gave it great weight over Dr. Inman's conflicting opinion, resulting in a 35% permanent disability rating for the applicant.

  Official decision · page 4 →
• ADJ11541887 · 2025-01-17 · San Diego District OfficeOther disputed issueapplicant prevailed

  Determinative passage · p.7(10) Arbitrator's report on petition for reconsideration, removal or disqualification. (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, § 10914(c).) Here, the record includes the order that the insurance coverage dispute be arbitrated and appointing the WCA. (Minutes of Hearing, dated September 5, 2023.) However, the record does not contain the minutes of the arbitration proceedings, identifying those present, the date of the proceeding, the disposition and those served with the minutes or the identification of the party designated to serve the minutes. (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, § 10914(c)(3).) Nor does the record reflect the pleadings, petitions, objections, briefs and responses filed by the parties with the arbitrator, if any. (Cal. Code Regs., tit.

  The Appeals Board found the arbitration record incomplete, preventing meaningful review and due process, and thus issued a Notice of Intention to rescind the arbitrator's decision unless a complete record is filed.

  Official decision · page 7 →
• ADJ11813243 · 2024-06-27 · San Diego District OfficeReconsideration / removaldefendant prevailed

  Determinative passage · p.7Reconsideration is premature and this matter should be returned to the WCJ for a substantive hearing on the Petition to Set aside the C&R.

  The WCAB found the Petition for Reconsideration premature because the WCJ had not yet held a hearing on the Petition to Set Aside the C&R, and thus returned the matter to the WCJ for a substantive hearing to develop the record and make findings.

  Official decision · page 7 →

Also recorded as

The same firm is printed several ways across the decisions, and all of them were counted as one. This is every spelling behind the figures above.

• Law Offices of Manuel Rodriguez
• LAW OFFICES OF MANUEL RODRIGUEZ
• LAW OFFICES OF MANUEL J. RODRIGUEZ, JR.
• Law Office of Manuel J. Rodriguez

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